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Saturday, April 23, 2011

Drywall dust

When I was a kid, my family remodeled the house. Completely gutted and redid everything. Of all the cleanup involved in gutting a house, the one thing that my mother always hated the drywall dust. The thin layer of white powder that coated everything, requiring twice the cleaning because it managed to hang on despite the copious amounts of soap and water.

Making Wilton buttercream icing reminds me of the drywall dust that would be the bane of my mother's existence. No matter how careful I am, or whether or not I use the guard on the mixer, the powdered sugar always manages to poof all over my kitchen. I always have to scrub everything twice, because the powdered sugar is so sticky. But it's worth it. That extra sweet buttercream is so tasty!

I made this cake for my friend's mom's surprise birthday party. Buttercream flowers and gumpaste butterflies.